Phonograph-record cabinet.



- P.- stumm..l Y PHONOGRPH RECORD CABINET.

APPLIUATIOI FILED 00T` 9, 1900.

995,487. Patented June 2.o, 1911..

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995,487. manned June 20, 1911,.

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IETER SYCHOLL, 0F CRYSTAL FALLS, MICHIGAN.

PHONOGBAPH-RECORD CABINET.

Specification of Letterslatent. yflatented June 20, 1911.

Application led October 9, 1909. Serial No, 521,864.

To all whom 'it may concern: Be it known that I, PETER SoHoLL, a citizenof the United States, residing at Crystal Falls, in the county of Ironand State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Phonograph-Record Cabinets, of which the following is aspeeitication.

My invention relates to phonograph record cabinets and has for itsgeneral object to prov'ide a cabinet divided into compartments for thereception of separate phonograph records or blanks, or similar articlesliable to damage, arranged for conveniently holding a number of separaterecords in well protectedposition when closed, and for convenientlydisplaying the records for selective removal when opened.

In the drawings, wherein I lhave/shown an embodiment of my invention insimple form, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a` receptacle in openedposition for the selection of a record; Fig. 2 is a detail of 'acompartment or pocket and a frngment'of its retaining strip; Fig. 3 is acentral longitudinal section through the receptacle when in closedposition; Fig. 4 is asimilar view, showing theV parts in openedposition; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the man nerof attaclnnent of the compartment to the carrier.

'lhe casing, 10, provides inflxed relation a bottom, 11, sides, 12, 12,and a rear end,

13, the front end member, 14, bein hinged to its front lower edge as at15, ain the top bein adaptedl for removal or opening, and

to t. iis end, preferably consistlng of two flaps or doors, 16, 1G,respectively hinged, ns at 17, to the free'upper edges of the sidemembers, 12, 12. These parts 'may be constructed of anysuitablematerial,` such as figuration, and if esired, the ends may be providedwith' handles, 18,18.

In the bottom 11, near its front end, is

of a plate, extending preferably from side to side of the casing, andnearly fromend to end thereof, the rear end of the carrier being freefor elevation. Connection is made between the downswinging front member11 ,and the carrier whereby when theV end 14 of the casing is opened therearend f the car-- rier is raised and locked in raised position.A

For simply attaining this construction, I

provide on the interior of'e'aeh side meniber of the fabric.

12 a pulley, 21, mounted in a suitable bracket 22, and having runningthereover a'chain, 23, at 011e end attached, as at 24, to the ca'rrier20, and at its opposite extremity attached to a link, 25, which ispivotallysecured, as at 26, to a side edge of the opening end memberl4,in such relative position that, when the end member is brought tohori-` zontal position, .the link and chain liftthe carrier to anappropriate angle tot-he horizontal-, say about 300. Each link 25 runsthrough a guiding strap, 27, secured to the inner face of the proximate.side Wall l,

-with fabric web, 32, which has one top edge attached, as at 31,, to theframe and its other top edge free, as at 32, so as to .form with theframe a stretclied envelop open at its top. The top is preferably cutaway at its cbrners, as at 33, to leave exposed the lower corners of,theframe for purposes of attachnient with the carrier. Each of ,the frontand back fabric 'faces preferably hasmade therein view openings, 34, ofappropriate slze to permit the inspection oi? the identitying tab etsupon the phonograph record.

The envel ops 3() are secured upon the carrier in longitudinally spacedrelation, and for hinging n'u'wenient in either direction, by a flatscalloped attaching strip 36, tacked or f otherwise secured to thecarrier, as shown at 3 4 1n Fig.4 5, and having its scallops engagingthe frames 31 1n the'cntiaway spaces 33 filled 4they stand a little,more nearly vertical,

Other suitable individual orin 1S "not-ch 2 9 engages said pin andlocksthe parts in opened position.

This operation, raislng the rear end of the carrier, as shown in Fig. 4,causes` the rearmost envelop to rise partl above the rear wall and torecline backwar at a considerable angle, preferably about 45, to restupon the upper edge of the casing rear wall, whilethe other enupon it;and the velops lean correspondingliyl7 erefore, fall forloadedenvelopwill not, t

' ward. As dropped forward, one at a time,

they become superposed substantially horizontally, the spacing betweenthe respective envelops being, in general, sufficient to en.

ablev the envelops so to lie. Obviously, the blanks ma vbe rapidly runover to effect the desired se lection,both the front and backidentifying tabletsv of double faced records being visible through theirapertures in the course of selection, and the fabric compartments, withtheir metallic frame', adequately protecting the fragile records againstdamtural details -might be made without departure from its s iritandwithin the scope age, so vthat they may be flipped forward or backwith impunity, and the selective sorting may be done with great rapidityand ease. To reclose-the-compartments it is only l, necessary slightlyto lift the links 25 and thereby disengage the notches 29 from pins 28,allowing the weight of the records to restore the carrier to horizontalpositispn.

While I have herein described in some detail. a particular embodiment ofmy invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art thatnumerous changes in the strucofthe appended c aims.

'What I claim is:

-1'. In' a-device of the character described, the combination of a'receptacle providing a 'relatively stationary vertical rear wall, a

relativel1 vmovable front wall hinged at its vlowgi` e ge 'for movementfrom vertical to horiqonta position, a normally horizontal carrier-lyingbetween said walls hinged at its front edge,l envelopsseparately'pivoted upon saidcarrier normallly7 extending nearly to thetop of the rear wal and bearing rearwardly thereagainst, and meansoperated by the movable front wall'to elevate the end of said carrierthereby to raise the rearmost envelop above said rear wall to bear uponthe top thereof.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of areceptacle having relatively fixed, vertical rearand side-walls, and afront vwall pivoted near its lower edge for hinging movement fromvertical to horizontal position, a carrler normally' horizontallydisposed within said walls, pivoted near its front end for movement'fromhorizontal to' inclined position, and envelops separately pivoted tosaid carrier normallyv to stand substantially upright within saidreceptacle, and to incline rearwardly when the carrier is raised, forpivotal 'movement from such rearwardly inclined position tol forwardlyextending horizontal position, at pleasure of the operator, .andmechanical connections between the front. wall and the carrier wherebymovement of the front wall to horizontal position raises the carrier toinclined position, so that the weight of said front wall, and likewisethe weight of the envelops thrown forwardly upon said front wall and itsload. t

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of areceptacle providing a may oppose the weight of the carrier l front wallhinged at its lower end, a carrier within the receptacle, hinged at itsfrontend inil parallelism with said wall, envelops separately hinged tosaid carrier, each comprising a metallic frame and a textile coveringfor the frame forming a pocket open at its edge remote from the hinge ofthe envelop, and mechanical connections between the. front wall andcarrier whereby opening of said front wall' elevates the carrier andpositions the envelops individually to 'be dropped forward fromrearwardly inclined position to position horizontally upon the frontwall.

.In testimony whereof I hereunto -set my hand in the presence'of twowitnesses.

, PETER SCHOLL. In the presence off-1 A WARD I. KELLY, THOMAS F. BEHAN.

